Animal lovers can help save the lives of homeless cats and kittens by supporting Community Concern for Cats’ eighth Annual Giving Tree Fundraiser continuing through Dec. 31.

All donations will be used to provide spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations and other health care to restore sick and injured cats to good health at the group’s Clayton Hospital.  Broken bones and damaged eyes are common problems treated. Funds are also used to prepare CC4C’s kittens and friendly cats for their adoption into new forever homes.

To help community cats, visit CC4C’s upscale thrift shop, Rescued Treasures at 1270-I Newell Ave. in the San Miguel Shopping Center, Walnut Creek. Purchase an ornament, choosing from various donation amounts, and it will be hung on the Christmas tree in the shop’s window, filling it with signs of love for forgotten cats and kittens. The store is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.

One can also donate through CC4C’s web site — www.communityconcernforcats.com — or mail donations to P.O. Box 3795, Walnut Creek, CA 94598.

In addtion to spaying and neutering and helping injured cats, Community Concern for Cats’ members also help kittens without mothers and they feed many cat colonies throughout the area. They also feed litters of kittens with an enriched kitten formula to make sure they get a good start at life. Volunteers watch over them in their homes, and weigh them every day to see that they are growing properly.

Last year the group adopted out 916 cats; this year 648 so far, according to the group president.

“It has been an unusually difficult kitten season starting in March and it is not over yet,” Gemma Boyd, CC4C president, said.

For more information, go to https://www.communityconcernforcats.org/